What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?

[Sharphooks]

Respliced my anchor chain back to my anchor rode.....

This is what it looked like after 4 weeks of boat camping up in North Coast ———I almost lost my beloved Rocna anchor!



Today I got it all back ship-shape:




I’m a believer now in the two (2) strand) splice. (The only way the splice will go through my gypsy)

IF anyone is interested in seeing the PROPER way to do this splice, this is the guy I used for my splice....I get the feeling he’s done a few of these before.....

On my last one I used a differed how-to video —-like the guy in the vid, I just didn’t do enough tucks and didn’t secure the ends of the tapering tucks properly. This time I did

 

[gunnerlove]

Before I say what I did to my boat, here’re the symptoms. Trickle charged overnight both batteries on my Thunderjet. Gauge reading just over 12 volts. Launch the boat, noticed a slower crank but started, pulled the boat to shore, engine off and park my trailer. Push the boat off shore, jump in and go to crank, no start. No place to screw around floating down the Fraser so I started the kicker without issue and got back to shore. With the kicker on, gauge is reading 13.5 volts and the system has a few more amps to give so I crank the main and it starts but the crank still seems slow. I continue my boat ride with no issues, come home and slap a trickle charge on. Next trip, first crank slow again but starts… I always have my main or kicker on in the chuck so no big deal. During my trip I noticed some weird intermittent humming sounds coming from my engine wtf. Doesn’t sound mechanical, not depended on engine speed, not my speakers, trying to find it and it’s driving me crazy. Got back home and the next day cleaned/serviced every gd electrical connection I can find. Trickle charged the batteries again and back on the water. Start main, crank seems a bit better but sounds like the starter might be weak, , no big deal maybe replace the starter as preventive maintenance LoL. Back on the water and the intermittent electrical humming sounds are back, wtf I just can’t pin point the location and everytime I’m back at the launch the sound is gone. Here’s the funny part, during this entire time I know what I should do but didn’t want to do. I skipped the first basic step of load testing the batteries.
I replaced both batteries, take her out the next time, wow, starter sounds awesome and no more electrical humming sounds. Haha that’s what I get for trying to be cheap, I tried everything to not replace my batteries but in the end had to anyways.

Are you actually using a trickle charger (.75-1amp)? They don't have the jam to fully charge and desulphate batteries. They also take forever to get amps into a battery.

 

[ab1752]

On sale for 390 plus. Not to bad.
Love how it just keeps digging.

I have the same 10kg rocna and feel it was way more than that. Yours is cool and all but until you have one side dented over like mine, it's really just another gigantic awesome anchor. 2 knots into a mooring bouy for barges won haha...

 

[sasqman]

I have the same 10kg rocna and feel it was way more than that. Yours is cool and all but until you have one side dented over like mine, it's really just another gigantic awesome anchor. 2 knots into a mooring bouy for barges won haha...

Pics?

 

[chris73]

You guys are brutal, no windows, windows, “porthole”… wtf do I have to do to please you bastards?

Get a flybridge!

 

[Viking]

Do you guys think the she'll notice her yoga matt 15" shorter? Lol. Quick and dirty work table. Literally haha

 

[Aquaholic]

Damn that Harbour Chandler always having sales. Got a new five spoke steering wheel just like my old hot rod days. I think it’s good for probably 3 miles an hour!

 

[Maxpri]

Damn that Harbour Chandler always having sales. Got a new five spoke steering wheel just like my old hot rod days. I think it’s good for probably 3 miles an hour!

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Nice upgrade! My favourite style for sure.

 

[Corey_lax]

Damn that Harbour Chandler always having sales. Got a new five spoke steering wheel just like my old hot rod days. I think it’s good for probably 3 miles an hour!

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Need a suicide knob on there! I have a similar steering wheel with one and wouldn’t go without it now

 

[Aquaholic]

Need a suicide knob on there! I have a similar steering wheel with one and wouldn’t go without it now

Absolutely want it, where did you find one to fit that rim shape and diameter?

 

[Corey_lax]

It was on the wheel already. I updated the post above with a picture

 

[bigdogg1]

Brought in about 28 tonnes of crush to create a better parking spot for the boat. Spreading it over our recently cleared top soil. Can't wait to have a clean and hard-packed area to back onto!

 

[Totally unexpected]

I know its been awhile but finally have all the gimble blasted primed and painted and will begin reassembly tomorrow can you van guys try and save me a couple fish,hoping to drop the the engine in Wed or Thurs. Keep ya posted photos to follow

 

[Sharphooks]

Cleaned it up to put it on the market......it’s just about as clean as the day I bought it.....

this is what I pulled out of it:——can’t wait to get the new ride so I can get all this crap off my carpet, along with the 15 cannonballs in my back yard, and stick it all back where the sun doesn’t shine

 

[SpringFever552]

Cleaned it up to put it on the market......it’s just about as clean as the day I bought it.....

this is what I pulled out of it:——can’t wait to get the new ride so I can get all this crap off my carpet, along with the 15 cannonballs in my back yard, and stick it all back where the sun doesn’t shine

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Amazing the stuff we crammed into the boat

 

[Sharphooks]

I drove around all summer with 6 (six!!!) cannonballs and 30 days later, came home with the one I left with. Next summer, I’ll leave all those cannonballs behind because I never lose cannonballs and yup, I’ll lose my ball on the first drop...

 

[SpringFever552]

I drove around all summer with 6 (six!!!) cannonballs and 30 days later, came home with the one I left with. Next summer, I’ll leave all those cannonballs behind because I never lose cannonballs and yup, I’ll lose my ball on the first drop...

Hah yup thats how it works

 

[Totally unexpected]

finally progress!!

 

[SpringVelocity]

I don't miss that stuff. Good on for fixing yourself.

 

[Totally unexpected]

I also cleaned and prepped the bilge for a small drainage repair and new bilge coat. I forgot how time consuming a tedious this work is lol